My #1 piece of advice from former time, spent DIY managing my STR…First confirm that you have a reliable and available cleaner whom you trust to do your turnovers really well.

That shed looks like a piece of garbage to me.

I may ask the contractor to come back at that point if we find something wrong, but I won't make them wait until that point to get their final check....I think there is a significant piece missing to the "definition" of "substantial completion" as given in this quote.

Hopefully your next 10 will be a piece of cake!

Having a degree as a piece of paper never hurts.

Air bnb has insurance included but I still need a homeowner policy for piece of mind, the small amount of vacancy time and to satisfy the mortgage requirements.

It does nothing but encourage the listing agent to reveal to other buyers/agents what the sales price homepath would agree to and then come in and offer a notch above that to take it.And anybody that has seen the Big Short can tell you that where there's a loophole in the system, there's a way for fraud to creep in fairly easily.

We will be able to help each other and get a piece of the pie. 

Am I missing some crucial piece of information here?

Area is top notch and we live in the same areas we invest in.